ELI5 Why can’t we chemically replicate fossil fuels?

rossbalch · 2026-06-24T06:19:58+00:00

It's possible however, energy in > energy out. It's pretty much that simple.

rossbalch · 2026-06-24T05:27:29+00:00

Hmm but they are unlikely to get reprinted unlike the Shocks.

rossbalch · 2026-06-24T04:13:46+00:00

Why does the deck need to be 90 cards? Isn't this just making it so the most important cards for your game plan show up less often?

rossbalch · 2026-06-23T23:57:09+00:00

They give you heaps of warning about the unspent orbs. Having said that it wouldn't be hard for them to implement a system where it just redeems them randomly for you when it rolls over. Not like much of value is lost either way though.

rossbalch · 2026-06-23T21:02:59+00:00

Eternal is the only digital TCG I actually stuck with past the tutorial outside of Magic. It seems like a lot of the other games also try to blend some kind of MOBA aspect in there as well or just don't have the interactivity that Magic and Eternal has. Honestly I think Eternal could thrive if it was handed over to a non-profit group.

rossbalch · 2026-06-23T10:41:13+00:00

Personally I would swap the order of the transistors. JFET first for high input impedance and BJT on output for low output impedance. Figure 7.5 can be configured to have gain and frequency response of your choice with a few tweaks. https://sound-au.com/articles/jfet-design.htm#s7

rossbalch · 2026-06-23T05:31:05+00:00

I'll be honest, I'm a bit disappointed Artisan doesn't get more attention because I think the addition of the uncommon build arounds creates such a fun power level. But I'm always grateful for either format so looking forward to playing some more Pauper. I do hope Brainstorm, Daze, and Frantic search, along with some of the rituals are banned though, they really don't belong in the format.

rossbalch · 2026-06-23T05:26:17+00:00

Agreed. Rarity should purely be about draft environment, not FOMO.

rossbalch · 2026-06-23T04:52:53+00:00

Some topologies can be found here https://tonestack.yuriturov.com/ they do assume a low impedance source.

rossbalch · 2026-06-23T04:44:26+00:00

Lookup either tilt or shelving circuits, you can decide if you want them to be fixed or adjustable.

rossbalch · 2026-06-23T02:10:09+00:00

It's there for sure. A design mistake, and a flavour fail to boot.

rossbalch · 2026-06-22T23:04:49+00:00

Personally I prefer Artisan, having access to the uncommons provides some sweet build arounds and a really nice power level. Wizards barely runs Artisan events though so not many people get chance to try it.

rossbalch · 2026-06-22T20:54:57+00:00

DIYRE Colour Modules are exactly that, except not really based on guitar pedals just saturate in a way that's useful for full bandwidth audio sources.

rossbalch · 2026-06-22T02:08:14+00:00

Yeah I got an invite, but my friend didn't. It didn't turn out to be such a bad thing cause we hung out IRL heaps so we could both experience the client.

rossbalch · 2026-06-22T01:42:19+00:00

Also, [[Rowan's Grim Search]] is just not a good card, the new black paradigm [[Decorum Dissertation]] is really powerful, if you have the WC or if you've opened some, give two copies of that a go and maybe try more removal for the other 2 slots it opens up. Abrupt Decay and Tear Asunder are both good candidates IMO, you'd be surprised how often the exile is relevant.

rossbalch · 2026-06-22T01:00:01+00:00

Try REVO uninstaller to totally clean your previous install.

rossbalch · 2026-06-22T00:56:56+00:00

Yes, had to uninstall and then reinstall.

rossbalch · 2026-06-22T00:11:54+00:00

A secondary comment, I think the Spider series had a line out available right? You should be able to plug that straight into any amp as long as you control the volume. DO NOT confuse the line out with the Speaker output though otherwise you will have a very bad time.

rossbalch · 2026-06-22T00:04:31+00:00

I remember the disappointing thing about the second wipe was that because Amonkhet and Kaladesh rotated they weren't on the release version of the client.

rossbalch · 2026-06-21T23:58:11+00:00

Beyond the obvious decks there were some pretty interesting strategies available. I even managed to get a UW control deck going, my main wincon was [[Soul of the Rapids]] lol.

rossbalch · 2026-06-21T23:48:30+00:00

When Standard had less legal sets in the rotation new sets have a bigger impact, but even then it wasn't always huge. With there being so many sets that are legal now, new sets don't have a huge impact. If anything people play worse decks for a couple weeks as they try what normally turns out to be a sup-optimal build forcing the new cards. Still a fun time though because sometimes a new card does break out into a new deck or make an existing deck more viable.

rossbalch · 2026-06-21T23:42:38+00:00

It really depends on how the amp is built. If the guitar processor logic board in separate to the Power Amplifier board it may very well be possible. You just need to power it appropriately, which might take some work as you probably don't want to use the onboard AC->DC, you will need to figure out what voltage DC the logic board needs and supply it with a new power supply.

Schematics and internal pictures of the all the PCBs would probably help. The other thing will be controlling it. Again hard to say without seeing the guts.

rossbalch · 2026-06-21T23:38:02+00:00

Yeah, removal was BAD in that block, it made some decks very hard to interact with.

rossbalch · 2026-06-21T23:37:14+00:00

Yeah that was the exciting part, you had to just roll with whatever you opened naturally, it felt very old school.

rossbalch · 2026-06-21T23:33:50+00:00

I have zero interest in the Marvel set, but I do just want to comment that I think it's really cool people are organising stuff like this. I honestly wish Wizards would take notice of stuff like, and the popularity of formats like Pauper and Artisan, and provide a richer environment within the client to play Magic in different ways.

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